The federal government must develop a strategic technology industry policy to align R&D, procurement, defence spending and policies, according to shadow assistant minister for cybersecurity Tim Watts. Speaking in...
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The federal government decision to lock out most companies from the latest round of its cooperative research funding has “gutted” local firms that had been working on applications and...
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It’s Groundhog Day again in Canberra, with the Senate inquiry into the government’s controversial reforms to the Research and Development Tax Incentive delayed for a third time and now...
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A group of Australia’s most successful homegrown technology companies have written an open letter to the Prime Minister demanding a greater level of engagement with government on the policy...
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Australia should look towards the US to help address its innovation woes rather than just focusing on internal developments, a new United States Studies Centre (USSC) report urges. Authored...
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Two of Australia’s most successful tech companies have railed against the federal government’s planned changes to the research and development tax incentive, just days before a Senate committee is...
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The plan to block any research and development tax incentive claims on JobKeeper payments has been labelled “absurd” and damaging to tech companies at the “worst possible time”, with...
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At a time when public trust in science is on the rise, CSIRO chief executive Larry Marshall has issued a clarion call to Australia to rally around a set...
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More than a quarter of companies claiming the research and development tax incentive this quarter may have some of their offset clawed back if the government pushes ahead with...
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A sharp government focus on the research and development tax incentive is the most important thing it can do to help grow of the local tech industry and drop...
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The uncertainty for companies accessing the R&D tax incentive is set to continue with the Senate committee tasked with investigating the planned $1.8 billion cuts to the scheme delayed...
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The nation’s medical research institutes have called on government to fund an additional 300 investigator grants over three years to support early and mid-stage career scientists to remain in...
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The R&D tax incentive is now too costly and carries too much risk for a growing number of businesses, according to the chief technologist of a clinical trial software...
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The national audit office is set to shine a spotlight on the government’s administration of the now controversial research and development tax incentive scheme. The Australian National Audit Office...